A row ensued during final deliberations when the Democratic Republic of Congo delegation raised concerns that the agreement did not ask enough of wealthier, more developed nations to fund the conservation goals set out in the framework.
that both the Ugandan and Cameroon delegations were displeased with how Chinese minister of ecology and environment Huang Runqiu, who chaired the conference, brought down the gavel and declared the agreement approved despite what was a clear objection from the DRC.
Anderson said that the success of the pact “will be measured by our rapid and consistent progress in implementing, what we have agreed to,” adding that the “entire United Nations System is geared to support its implementation so that we can truly make peace with nature.” FOEI said it was “deeply concerned” about the way in which the framework was adopted and warned that “the corporate capture of the Convention on Biological Diversity made reaching the kind of deal the crisis demands impossible.
The approved draft, said the group, “does not stop the destructive advance of agribusiness, the main driver of biodiversity loss. Rather, it promotes agribusiness through concepts such as ‘sustainable intensification’ and ‘innovation.'”
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